Definition of Copehan

1. Noun. A group of Penutian languages spoken to the west of the Sacramento river.

Generic synonyms: Penutian
Specialized synonyms: Patwin, Wintun

Lexicographical Neighbors of Copehan

Cooperia pectinata
Cooperia punctata
Cooperia spatulata
Cooperstown
Cooranbong
Coordinated Universal Time
Coorg
Coorgs
Coosa
Coosa River
CopA ATPase
CopB ATPase
Copacabana
Cope's clamp
Copehan (current term)
Copeland
Copenhagen
Copenhagen blue
Copenhagen blues
Copenhagener
Copenhageners
Copepoda
Copernican
Copernican Revolution
Copernican system
Copernicanism
Copernicia
Copernicia alba
Copernicia australis

Literary usage of Copehan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"25, when stocks, the Copehan especially being well represented. The following names of villages, taken from the mission books, are given by Bancroft ( list. ..."

2. Indian Linguistic Families of America, North of Mexico by John Wesley Powell (1891)
"Recent investigations have served to fully confirm the validity of the family. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. The territory of the Copehan family is bounded on ..."

3. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 4/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"The Wintun • division of . the Copehan family is rather homogeneous, the language, customs, ... For the Wintun subdivisions, see Copehan Family. ..."

4. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 1/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"A tribe of the Patwin division of the Copehan family formerly living on lower ... Copehan Family. A linguistic stock formerly occupying a large territory in ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"On the west the Coast range intersects the territory of the Copehan stock, the westernmost limit of which extends almost to the south branch of Trinity ..."

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